We didn't catch all the details, but we do know that a player in Seat 5 check and Vitaly Lunkin bet 3,000 on a board reading 
. Seat 5 called and showed 
for an ace-high flush, which bested Lunkin's 
king-high flush.
The Russian dropped to 33,000 on the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
33,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
For six days, the Crown Poker Room hosted a daily freeroll on there Poker Pro Electronic Tables. The winners of each day advanced to the six-handed final, which concluded on Sunday. While five players went home empty handed, the victor, Dean Blatt, walked away with a free seat into the 2012 Aussie Millions Main Event.
Blatt is in action today and looking to catch some lightening in a bottle and freeroll his way to a championship.
Here's a look at the Crown's Poker Pro Freeroll results:
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Dean Blatt | Aussie Millions Main Event Seat |
| 2nd | Aydyn Alen | None |
| 3rd | Mary Ann Farruaia | None |
| 4th | Mary Darcy | None |
| 5th | Joshua Mills | None |
| 6th | David McCallum | None |
Thanks for following along with our coverage of the 2012 Aussie Millions on PokerNews. Be sure to check out our friends at the PartyPoker blog as well for great posts by Mike Sexton, Tony G, Kara Scott, and Dragan Galic.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
48,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
48,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
||
|
|
48,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
35,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
31,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
28,500
-1,500
|
-1,500 |
|
27,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
||
|
26,500
-3,500
|
-3,500 |
|
|
24,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
23,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
Owls are known for their amazing sense of sight, so you would expect someone given that nickname to be able to read their hole cards properly. Not so for Harry Demetriou.
The action was three-way to the turn of a 
board. Ming Nguyen led for 400 and only Demetriou called from the big blind. Both checked the 
river and Demetriou said, "I think you can beat this (
). I misread my hand, thought I had two clubs!"
Nguyen tabled 
for a real flush draw on the turn, but king high with the pair of nines was good enough anyway.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
36,000 |
Tristan Wade is up to almost twice the starting stack after a big pot he just managed to drag in. The WSOPE Bracelet winner told us he raised to 400 with 
from the under the gun +1 position and only the big blind called.
The flop came down 
and the lady in the big blind lead out for 500. Wade, having top pair and a huge draw, decided to raise to 1,300 and his opponent three-bet to 2,900. At this point Wade slowed down and made the call.
On the turn the 
hit and the lady kept firing. This time she threw out 5,000 and Wade opted to call once more. The river was the 
and Wade was faced with a large 10,000 chip bet. Wade just made the call and got shown 
. The pot went to the American who minimized his risk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
54,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
||
Players on now on their second break of the day, which will last 15 minutes!
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
A couple of relevant Tweets from the interweb thingy:
Sam Trickett: “Never normally play after busting a big tournament,but I still feel fresh,so I'm going to play the main event!”
Edit from Trickett: "Just found out there is a $5k Chinese tournament! So won't be playing the main event today :)"
JP Kelly: “50k just had AT on TT3 v 33 though, lost the minimum but really sigh called river...good sign that I'm playing well”
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
50,000
16,500
|
16,500 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
43,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
27,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
||
|
|
27,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
23,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
|
||
